Bug Bite ID

[IUGradStudent]

Got 'em Wednesday night at a friend's house. Have over dozen all over my legs. Not mosquitos because I was wearing jeans and have some higher up than they could have flown. Fleas or Chiggers? Itch like crazy.

 

[steve666]

Maybe spider???

 

[hooky]

Kind of looks like a really mild case of poison ivy.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Looks like you're rather allergic to chiggers! (chiggers being a rather generic term for some kind of creepy-crawly no-see-um bug that feasted on your pasty-white body)

-J-

 

[BrownDog]

Looks like the result of the "biting midge" also called no-see-ums. Related to black flies. Topical benedryl may help the itching. I got bit by one this year, took almost 2 weeks for the bite to go away, looked like the bite you got.

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[iChokePeople]

Brown recluse, no question about it.

OK, I keeed. Don't go cut it out with your KillaZilla.

 

[Scutter01]

Chupacabra.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

I got several of those recently as well. Wait till they start oozing! My thought was a spider of some type. They take several weeks to heal.

 

[Gabriel]

Scabies.

 

[Westside]

Chupacabra.

beat me to it.

 

[Scutter01]

beat me to it.

I am very very sneaky, sir.

 

[Fletch]

Looks like fire ant to me, but don't know if they exist where you are.

 

[westfork]

fire ants. do your best not to scratch them - they will look worse.

p.s... they will itch and the spots will stick around for several weeks.

enjoy!

 

[Dave Doehrman]

Go to the local pharmacy and ask for some Blue Ointment. Tell thim you itch like crazy.....

 

[Leadeye]

Seed ticks for sure. These are the larval stage of the lone star tick and are hatching out now. No cure once bitten and permethryn is about the only thing that keeps them off. Consider yourself lucky, I've known a number of people with over 100 bites, a real misery.

The bites will last a few weeks. Also known as turkey ticks.

 

[wrigleycub]

Got 'em Wednesday night at a friend's house. Have over dozen all over my legs. Not mosquitos because I was wearing jeans and have some higher up than they could have flown. Fleas or Chiggers? Itch like crazy.

^^^^hate to say it, looks like bed bugs. For your sake I hope not. Better start looking around the head of your mattress for black pepper like specks.

 

[GunSlinger]

I'm not a Dr. (although I played one once in a movie...just kiddin'). They look like chigger bites to me, indeed they itch like crazy! I've had more than my share of these bites, and yes they can last a couple of weeks.

The absolute best cure I've found is using a styptic pencil when (and they will) open up. For me the styptic pencil cuts healing time by half or more. And the burn makes you forget about the itching!